Southern Cross

Definition: Southern Cross

Southern Cross

Noun

1. A small conspicuous constellation the the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Southern Cross

World

Constellation, zodiac, signs of the zodiac, Charles's wain, Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Great Bear, Southern Cross, Orion's belt, Cassiopea's chair, Pleiades.

Crosswords: Southern Cross

Under the Southern Cross (1957)

The Shepherd of the Southern Cross (1915)

Chôjikû kidan Southern Cross (1984)

Southern Cross (performing artist: Stills & Nash Crosby)

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References

• Southern Cross Broadcasting (Australia) Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Beneath the Southern Cross (reference)

• Innerfar & Bluff: Or the Southern Cross (Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture) (reference)

• Southern Cross (reference)

• Southern Cross [3 1/2 Diskette, HTML] (reference)

• The Southern Cross Is Around Here Somewhere (reference)

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Periodicals

• Southern Cross (reference)

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Economic History

Australia

Flag: On a blue field, U.K. Union Jack in the top left corner, a large white star directly beneath symbolizing federation, and five smaller white stars on the right half representing the Southern Cross constellation. (references)

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Dutch

Zuiderkruis. (various references)

Esperanto

Suda Kruco. (various references)

French

Croix du Sud. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

南十字星 , サイン曲線 (ca et la, commercial jingle, saccharin, sack, sack dress, sacrifice, sacrifice bunt, sacrifice fly, saddle, sadism, sadist, sadistic, sado, sadomasochism, Sahara, sanatorium, sanitary, sanitary napkin, sash, Saskatchewan, Satan, satellite, satellite computer, satellite office, satellite station, satellite studio, satin, satisfaction, Saturday night special, Saturn, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, sauna, sax, saxophone, sine curve, sinusoid, skirt with suspender, soccer, soccer coach, sound, sound box, sound business, sound effects, sound logo, sound man, soundinterface, soundtrack, South Carolina, South Dakota, southpaw, success, success story, sudden death, suggest, suggestion, suspend, suspended game, suspenders, suspense, suspense drama, suspension, sustaining program, Thousand Island). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

サザンクロス , みなみじゅうじせい. (various references)

Manx

Crosh yn Jiass. (various references)

Pig Latin

outhernsay osscray

Turkish

güneyhaçı (crux). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: outcrosses, recontours.

-4 letters: chorusses, cohostess, construes, honourers, outscores, outscorns, outsnores, recontour, schooners, scouthers, shortness, sorcerous, southerns, southrons, tressours, trouncers, uncrosses.

-5 letters: cheroots, choosers, choruses, chousers, chunters, churners, consorts, construe, contours, contuses, corneous, cornuses, cornutos, coroners, coronets, cothurns, counters, countess, coursers, courters, crooners, crossers, crossest, croutons, crushers, crustose, currents, curtness, encrusts, hocusses, honorers, honourer.